Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 sider |
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Side 27
... passing , and in and with which they had to operate . Every height to be cut through or tunnelled has a composition and structure of its own ; and though the work may be accomplished by the sheer force of capital and modern mechanical ...
... passing , and in and with which they had to operate . Every height to be cut through or tunnelled has a composition and structure of its own ; and though the work may be accomplished by the sheer force of capital and modern mechanical ...
Side 36
... pass first through the superficial soil , next through a bed of peaty earth , then through a layer of shelly marl , and , lastly , through a stratum of clayey silt . In the peat we detect antlers of deers and bones of oxen ; in the marl ...
... pass first through the superficial soil , next through a bed of peaty earth , then through a layer of shelly marl , and , lastly , through a stratum of clayey silt . In the peat we detect antlers of deers and bones of oxen ; in the marl ...
Side 40
... passes , and leaving , as it melts away , its burden of rock - debris in terminal , medial , or lateral moraines . They have also witnessed how the glacier of the polar regions pushes its way seawards , till , in deeper water , it ...
... passes , and leaving , as it melts away , its burden of rock - debris in terminal , medial , or lateral moraines . They have also witnessed how the glacier of the polar regions pushes its way seawards , till , in deeper water , it ...
Side 46
... pass unchallenged , or the testimony to remain unquestioned ; but it is expected , and it is demanded , that both should be treated with fair- ness , and not subjected to misrepresentation . If geolo- gists should occasionally decline ...
... pass unchallenged , or the testimony to remain unquestioned ; but it is expected , and it is demanded , that both should be treated with fair- ness , and not subjected to misrepresentation . If geolo- gists should occasionally decline ...
Side 51
... pass by unobserved , to their fiercest intensity , which upheaves new hills and submerges former islands . In this operation rocks of various character and consistency are ejected by the volcano , fissures and inequalities of surface ...
... pass by unobserved , to their fiercest intensity , which upheaves new hills and submerges former islands . In this operation rocks of various character and consistency are ejected by the volcano , fissures and inequalities of surface ...
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Populære avsnitt
Side 135 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
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